Memo to 555 California: photography is not a crime

Seriously? This has been covered many times before. Are security douche-nozzles harassing, and by that I mean physically and verbally threatening, law-abiding people with cameras again?

Have commercial properties learned nothing of the past six years of incident/punishment when it comes to this.

IT IS PERFECTLY LEGAL TO TAKE PHOTOS OF BUILDINGS IN PUBLIC. And private "security" has no authority to prohibit it. Much less use intimidation to physical threats, much less actual physical violence, to stop it.

• See Troy's photos on Flickr:
  "You are not allowed to take photos here!"
• Troy Holden's post on his experience here.
• And local photographer, and photographer's rights activist, Thomas Hawks comments here.
• Comments on Reddit here.
• Digg here.

And download "The Photographer's Rights" PDF here.